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Chlamydia pneumoniae and asthma.
BACKGROUND This study was designed to test the association of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection with asthma in a multi-racial population, after adjustments for several potential confounding variables. METHODS Antibodies to C pneumoniae were measured by microimmunofluorescence in 123 patients with acute asthma, 1518 control subjects admitted to the same hospital with various non-cardiovascular, n...
متن کاملChlamydia pneumoniae and asthma
Background—This study was designed to test the association of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection with asthma in a multiracial population, after adjustments for several potential confounding variables. Methods—Antibodies to C pneumoniae were measured by microimmunofluorescence in 123 patients with acute asthma, 1518 control subjects admitted to the same hospital with various non-cardiovascular, non-...
متن کاملChlamydia pneumoniae antibodies and adult-onset asthma.
To !he Edi101-: I would like to clarify a misunderstanding regarding previously published information cited by Routes et al.' who measured lgM and IgG antibodies to Chlamjdia pnrurnoniue in 46 patients with adult-onset asthma and in ageand sex-matched control subjects by u s ~ n g scrum obtained frorn inpatients, outpatients, and hospital workers. They reported that IgG seropositivity was cqual...
متن کاملChronic Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and asthma exacerbations in children.
This study was undertaken to investigate the reported association between Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection and the expression of asthma-related symptoms. One hundred and eight children with asthma symptoms, aged 9-11 yrs, completed a 13 month longitudinal study. The children maintained a daily diary of respiratory symptoms and peak flow rates. When respiratory symptoms w...
متن کاملCan acute Chlamydia pneumoniae respiratory tract infection initiate chronic asthma?
BACKGROUND Chlamydia pneumoniae infection can cause acute respiratory illnesses (including sinusitis, bronchitis, and pneumonia) that are sometimes associated with wheezing. Little is known about whether acute infection in a previously unexposed, nonasthmatic individual can produce persistent wheezing leading to a diagnosis of chronic asthma. OBJECTIVE We sought to determine whether patients ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.53.4.254